Instructors:
Prof. Dr. Martina Neuburger; Paul Schweizer
Event type:
On-site internship
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Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
1 | 20
Learning objectives:
The central aspect of the study project is to provide the possibility to get to know and to work on all relevant working steps of a research project. This covers project planning, initial site registration, sampling, lab analyses, statistical evaluation and presentation of the results.
Didactic concept:
Field trip - single days (fortnightly on fridays, complementary lab days)
Participants: 12-16
Provisional costs: 50 €
The field and laboratory work will be accompanied by
LV 63-050 Ecosystem research
Thursday 14-16
The attendance is prerequisitative for the participation on the study project.
The first meeting and selection of participants has already taken place.
Within the accompanying course different components and criteria will be considered:
- Theoretical framework (theories on ecosystems, different approaches)
- Method training (according to previous knowledge of the participants, data evaluation, geostatistics, quality assurance, representativity and reproducibility of data, literature analysis)
- Workshop report of working groups (january)
- Poster concept and draft, delivery of data master file
The field trips cover the maintenance of the stations, the initial documentation and sampling of soil samples, and the vegetation mapping. Within the regular schedule continuous sampling of precipitation and soil solution and litter takes place.
Literature:
Will be announced within the course. An online reference data base with current research papers is available (eLab Geographie).
